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Mino Raiola insists that Henrikh Mkhitaryan has not told Arsenal he wants to leave and extend his time at Roma.

Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport yesterday alleged that Mkhitaryan had told Arsenal: "My time in London is over, I hope you manage to find an agreement with Rome because my desire is to stay."

Raiola, however, insists that his client did not make those comments and said: "Mkhitaryan did not send any message to Arsenal. Especially in times like these, fake news is completely unacceptable."

Mkhitaryan has enjoyed an impressive season on loan from Arsenal with the Italian giants, scoring six goals and providing three assists at a rate of one goal involvement per 90 minutes in his 13 Serie A appearances.

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Arsenal are eager to move on Mkhitaryan, whose near £200,000-a-week contract makes him the second-best paid player at the club after Mesut Ozil. Equally Roma head coach Paulo Fonseca and club captain Edin Dzeko have publicly expressed a desire to keep the 31-year-old.

However no talks have yet taken place with Roma as neither side is yet clear on how much money they will have to spend in the summer after the coronavirus pandemic.

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Roma have made no secret of their desire to keep Mkhitaryan but matching his wages is unlikely to prove feasible for the Giallorossi, whose first-team squad agreed a pay cut between March and June in response to COVID-19, which severely hit Italy and forced Serie A games to be cancelled throughout the spring.

Mkhitaryan has one year left to run on his contract at Arsenal but has slipped down the pecking order after struggling to make a success of his time at the Emirates Stadium. He scored just nine goals in 59 appearances and has been superceded by the likes of Reiss Nelson, Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka.

Arsenal still want a fee believed to be in the region of £10million for Mkhitaryan but if Roma were to cover his current salary that fee could well prove beyond their reach.